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First We Eat
Directed by Suzanne Crocker
Putting food sovereignty to the test in the far North of Canada, filmmaker Suzanne Crocker banned all grocery store food from her house for a year and fed her family only food that could be hunted, foraged, fished, trapped, grown or raised around Dawson City, Yukon, capturing the attention of others who also believe in the surprising bounty of the North.
CURRENT ATTENDEES
Alexandra Sienkiewicz - Editor, Edible Toronto Magazine
Alfred Von Mirbach - Facilitator, ecoPerth
Ben Marshall - Director or Program Development, PACT Urban Peace Program
Benjamin Vidmar - Creative Director, Polar Permaculture
Bob Blumer - Gastronaut, artist, and creator and host of the television series Surreal Gourmet and Glutton for Punishment, and a producer and host of World’s Weirdest Restaurants
Carrie Regan - VP, Global Content Production, Discovery Networks
Don Shafer - Host & Producer, The Conversation Lab
Eric Pateman - Culinary tourism consultant and strategist
Hannah Batten - Outreach Manager, Eat Local Grey Bruce
Heather Pritchard - Foodland Trust Cooperative
Hillary Predko - MES Candidate, Canada’s Waste Flow, Queen’s University
James Kornelsen - Public Engagement Manager, Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Josalyn Radcliffe - PhD student, Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
Karen Kerk - Coordinator, Thunder Bay and Area Food Strategy
Kathryn Scharft - Chief Programs Officer, Community Food Centres Canada
Kevin Piller - Logistics Team Lead, Food Stash Foundation
Kevin Schooley - Executive Director, Berry Growers of Ontario
Kristi Peters - Sustainability Consultant, City of Calgary
Michelle Reining - Executive Director, Vancouver Food Runners
Morris Gervais - Farmer/Owner, Barrie Hill Farms
Nneka Otogbolu - Director of Communications and Equity Strategy, Edmonton Community Foundation
Nova Woodbury - Executive Director, BC Association of Abattoirs
Ramsey Hart - Executive Director, The Table Community Food Centre
Ryan Hoang - Physician
Selma van Halder - Program Manager / Chef Educator, Growing Chefs
Susanna Redekop - Communications Coordinator, Local Food and Farm Co-ops
Trevor Ritchie - Chef Technologist, George Brown College
WHAT PLEDGES WERE PREVIOUSLY MADE AT OUR LIVE EVENT?
Buy Social Canada, Tori Williamson
Provide research, guides and tools on social procurement practices and offered services to on-board businesses and restaurants. Promote the film.
Vancouver Farmers Markets, Laura Smit
Access to local food procurement history and all their experience and knowledge, including the VFM Direct Project that worked as a vendor hub for Vancouver local food network.
Figure 1 Publishing, Tyee Bridge
Consultation to discuss publishing the First We Eat cookbook.
Klippers Organic Acres, Kevin Klippenstein
Screen the film at the 100% local food restaurant Row Fourteen, and teach people how to grow and process local food on their farm.
Veria.ca, Annelise Larson
Pro bono work for market research and five hours of mentorship time. Outreach in Saskatoon, as well as a place to stay and connect with chefs.
KPU Institute for Sustainable Food, Caroline Chiu
Economic and business writing, screening of the film at conference of 300 sustainable food experts. Share farm education program curriculum and provide a tour of the Kwantlen Polytechnic University farm. Connect with Indigenous groups that have worked with KPU for years.
Vancouver Food Policy Council/Researcher at UBC, Kelsey Timler
Host screenings across community centres and sell tickets to fundraise for impact campaign. Create a calendar of what to produce and harvest, and when. Help get film and local food into prisons and to other marginalized populations.
BC Farmer’s Markets, Heather O’Hara
Share with network of 145 members across province, over 4,000 vendors, 100+ NGOs through coupon program. Promote on social media.
Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society, Alexa Pitoulis
School screenings and connect to the national school food network.
Stories First Productions, Leena Minfie
Probono impact producing consulting services.
Postal Audio, Chris McIntosh
Audio mixing or design services
Highbury Foundation and Peter A. Allard, Ashley Sangha
$2500
Individual pledges
Donation of $1000 and a screening at the Northern Rothstein Theatre
Donation of $1000
Donation of $500 towards a writer and five hours of copy editing
Donation of $500, connection with broadcasting network and people who have concerns with food security
Ten hotel nights across Canada and food photography for cookbook
Pro bono time for marketing, communications, copy writing
Donation of $50
Harrowsmith Magazine & Radio, Wayne MacPhail
Interview with Suzanne for future episode of Harrowsmith Radio
100-Mile Diet, author J. B. MacKinnon
Work to build Suzanne’s film and related projects into the local plans that are developing to mark The 100-Mile Diet’s 15th anniversary
